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Summary: Horrible
Review: Don't use this book to review or learn physics. It's pathetic. Concets are not clear; the topics are explained in vague words, instead of rigorous mathematical logics. Don't buy it unless you just want to solve some problems. I recommend AP Physics from Princeton Review, which is good for you to both learn physics and prepare SAT2 and AP exams.
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Summary: Don't buy this book
Review: For anyone who wants to do well on SAT II Physics (in other words, 700-800) please follow my advice and save your money. The book gave irrelevant facts and examples that will only cause confusion. The best way to study for this test is to take AP Physics B and prepare for the AP exam. Take the test in either May or June when the AP exam is given. The people who write the AP also write the SAT II; the tests are identical. Get the "Real SAT II's" and go over the questions in it. Also, get as much information on the AP questions and go over those. If you comprehend the stuff on these tests then you will be fine. By the way, hurry when you take the test. It is fast, rush through it. So that's my advice, to solidify you reassurance in it I will mention that I got a 5 on the AP and a 790 on the SAT II. Its not impossible, just don't waste your time with this absurd book.
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Summary: BAD BOOK TO STUDY WITH
Review: I bought this book cause the barron's SAT II Math IIC worked for me (800). I basically don't have knowledge in Physics so I tried to study this book really hard in order to get at least over 600. This book is hard to understand, doesn't have many examples, it's really hard to follow the format, boring, and you have to read the stuff that you don't understand. This book brought me solid 540 in my test, and for next SAT II Physics test, I'm not using this book to study. Especially the explanations for the questions are really hard to understand.
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Summary: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
Review: I have studied a lot of physics in the last few years, and I've eventually learned enough physics to get me through half of college - I even got a gold medal in the IPhO~ As someone who have studied physics that much, I were able to understand what the authors have originally intended to do when they wrote this book. But not all people are using this book just for last-minute reviews. I'd say that without a complete understanding of basic concepts, this book would confuse you. The problems in the back aren't very close to the real tests, and I agree it contains a lot of errors. But if you have a firm basis on physics, and just want to solve some problems before the actual test, it's okay. It's a lot more difficult than the real one, so there won't be any surprises on the test day. Just use this book with some other one - this just isn't enough!
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Summary: Like many people who are so angry about this book~
Review: I have studied a lot of physics in the last few years, and I've eventually learned enough physics to get me through half of college - I even got a gold medal in the IPhO~ As someone who have studied physics that much, I were able to understand what the authors have originally intended to do when they wrote this book. But not all people are using this book just for last-minute reviews. I'd say that without a complete understanding of basic concepts, this book would confuse you. The problems in the back aren't very close to the real tests, and I agree it contains a lot of errors. But if you have a firm basis on physics, and just want to solve some problems before the actual test, it's okay. It's a lot more difficult than the real one, so there won't be any surprises on the test day. Just use this book with some other one - this just isn't enough!
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Summary: The most terrible book about Physics I have ever read.
Review: I saw many customers complaining about this book a lot.
Their main complaints about the book were as the following. 1. far from actual types of question set in SAT II Physics. 2. lots of errors. It is true that the 1st problem does matter. But the thing is that this book is not actually that difficult compared to books for the preparation of a Physics exam for college admission in South Korea. This doesn't really matter about the review for this book, but I don't understand why many people find the book so difficult. Compared to Physics books in South Korea, it's a piece of cake. The 2nd problem is this. There are not only errors about answers for questiosn, but also listless misguided information about concepts in Physics, especially the relathionship between electronics and magnetism. I won't recommend this book to anybody. Rather than buying this book, you had better buy other books like Princeton Review, or Kaplan. But I didn't actually buy those.
But I'm gonna buy. I have to ask my father to buy a better book for the prep of SAT II Physics in the next morning.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: I've bought this book because of the high reputation Barrons has maintained in the SATs world. I recently took the June 01 Physics SAT II, and I now reflect. This book does cover most topics in detail; however, it fails to provide accurate model exams. Because the College Board has never released any copies of SAT II physics exams, Barrons was forced to put together the tests and the book blindly. Anyway, I read this book three times thoroughly and I have an A average in physics at school. This book is a big disappointment for this subject test. In fact, I went to [a store] the next day to see if any other prep book had an accurate model exam. Guess what? I found the Princeton Review book so accurate that it had about 14 similar questions from the test. So, buyers beware. Don't buy this book because you'll just screw up a SAT score. For this subject, buy the Princeton Review version. But, for biology and chemistry, use Kaplan.
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Summary: Good Review
Review: If you are taking Physics I, and want to do well on SAT2 and your final exam, this is a good review book. Even though the book is not very detail, but it gives u an idea about what you learned. Well, if you are taking AP Physics, this is nothing for you, not help. I used this book for my Final and SAT2 after my 1st year physics, I did well on SAT2. Then, I went on to take AP,Princeton Review is a lot better.
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Summary: Terrible book, not at all like actual SATII
Review: Lucky for me that a friend of mine gave me his Princeton Review book the day before the test, because that one review helped more than the 3 weeks I spent with this horrible book. Not only are many of the answers in the book wrong, but the test is nothing like the SATII. The questions are much harder in this book and almost every question requires calculations. On the test, you are not even allowed a calculator, and almost every single question is conceptual. This book also gives you an evaluation of "good" or "fair"; it doesn't even have conversion tables of raw scores to the 800 point scale so you can evaluate yourself. If you need a book to prepare you for the Physics SATII, definetly get the Princeton Review "Cracking the Physics SATII" or anything else, just NOT this book!
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Summary: Definitely not recommended
Review: The convoluted explanations and completely inaccurate practice tests make this book pretty near worthless. The two weeks I spent going through it were a waste of time. Now, I'm going to buy the PR book and use that for review.
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